... Effect of sonication on the extractability and physico-chemical properties of hemicelluloses from Eucalyptus grandis using 5% KOH solution at 50 °C for 3 h has been comparatively studied. The results showed that the yield of hemicelluloses increased from 2.6 to 19.6% as the ultrasonic time was extended from 5 to 35 min. The highest yield of hemicelluloses (95.2%) was achieved at 30 min ultrasonic ...

... As more applications for nano-sized natural particles are discovered, simple, environmentally friendly ways to produce these particles become more important. This work prepares and characterizes nano-size bacterial cellulose particles using ultrasonication. Pellicle from nata de coco containing nanofibers was broken up in an electrical blender, then sonicated using an ultrasonic probe at 20 kHz an ...

... Fique fibers are extracted from Furcraea spp. leaves, with 5% average mass yield, using mechanical decortication. Juice, pulp and tow, the by-products of this process, amount 95% of the leaf weight and are considered waste. We extracted cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) from Fique tow, via ultrasound-assisted TEMPO followed by mechanical disintegration with sonication. Fique CNF exhibit diameters around ...